Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips One of the great habits of highly effective persons and organizations is that they “come back to it.” “We will come back to it when we have the time,” an oft-repeated but seldom completed phrase of the well intentioned. Sigh. We will come back to this. How many times have I heard […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes a solution is bad in the long term, but it is exactly what is needed in the short term. Sitting here in the coffee shop (no names, but their logo is green), I managed to drop a speck on butter on the lens of my reading glasses. I grab the paper […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes we meet someone who lacks the ability to do something. How do we react? As I write this post, I am having one of those weeks when I have the inability to do something simple. For some reason, I woke one day this week with a sore left knee. The next […]

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by Dwayne Phillips People have their own experiences. Assuming their experience denies them as a person. Try to avoid such. Each person has their own experience with something. It is often the case that several people have similar experiences. That gives me the luxury of describing some “average” experience and continuing to satisfy the “average” […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Many persons want many other persons to become vaccinated. Their methods, however, are achieving the opposite. “Become vaccinated,” is an oft-heard cry. (Actually, I read “get vaccinated” which brings cringes of pain to those of us who know the meaning of words.) And there are many who do not get the vaccine […]

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by Dwayne Phillips There will be many more opportunities to convey something. I don’t need to “slip it in” today and ruin today’s message. This will not be the last blog post. This will not be the last essay. This will not be the last speech. This will not be the last public appearance. This […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We disdain the review of fundamentals. We disdain fundamentals. We disdain review. I forget why. Why do we hate it when someone says, “Let’s go back to fundamentals.” Like, “Let’s review some basics of grammar and punctuation.” Why do we struggle to say, “Let’s review…anything.” I forget why. Oh, wait. That’s it. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Angst rules America this week. We have to do something. What can I change and how? Here is a set of questions to guide me. I write this in early June 2020. We have demonstrations and protests calling for justice and change. Perhaps I am too rational or practical, but I feel […]

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by Dwayne Phillips There is a type of project that will not only create a product, but will also cure all ills in an organization. “Get well projects” exist largely in fantasy. There is a type of project that some of us know as a “get well project.” Such are usually found in organizations that […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Why are we arguing? You, or was it me, started it. And how do we have necessary discussions without starting an argument? We often perform better when united than when divided. (Often, not always.) We seem to divide when we argue. Who started the argument? You did. You raised the subject of […]

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